The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-23
GROUND NEEDED
ronA NEW ISLAND SCHOOL HOUSE
Which Will Soon Have to be Duilt to Ac.
oommodnts tho Increase OF Population
In that Section Of tho City-Ths Board
OF Education Takes Action.

AT the last regular meeting Of the Board
Of Education, held week ago last night,
q resolution was introduced by Mr.. Nay
lor and adopted by the Board, by the pro.
visions OF which the Committee on Build.
ings and Grounds was directed to inyestf.
gate ,and report as to the desirabllity OF
purchasing some property adjoining the
present echool property on the Island. It
was not expected that this committee
would report before the next regular meet.
ing, but rumors that were aaoat concern.
inb the property In QUESTION made imme.,
dlate action advisable and accordingly q j
special meeting Of the Board was CALI s.
tor and held last evening. When Prest.
dent Dobbins called the body to order
there were present Messrs. Davis, Ebeline,t Y
Ellingham, Eschstruth, Hannah, Isett, !,
List, Miller, Naylor, Waterhouse, White
and Pipes. The minutes Of the previous
meeting were not read and as soon as tho 4
object of the meeting had been stated, the
report Of the Committee on Buildings and !
Grounds was taken up. Z. n y: e.sJl, :;
This committee reported that II had
had the matter under confederation and
and investigation, ndsummed up for the ],
convenient consideration OF tho Board
the results Of itB investigation 40 follows:
First, that the location OF the present
school property Is as convenient and as y
suitable for school purposes as any on the
Island. Second, that in the past three
years there has been an increase in the
school.going population Of tho Seventh
ward of ITO per cent. Third, that the
present school building and annex are In. J.
sufficient TO accommodate the pupils at.
tending the school. Fourth, that in a.
short time additional provisions must be Il
made to meet the increasing school at.
tendance. Fifth, the committee found
the property known as the Juergens pro.
perty, lying between the school grounds
and North Broadway-with the exception
Of titteen.toot lot Immediately adjoining 4
the echool property, to be for sale, and Z.
that 1t could bepurchased 10. s., $780,, s.
The committee recommended that this {
property be purchased, and that proper
steps be taken to purchase the lot lying I
between the said Juergens' property and
the school property, provided 1t can be
had for 81, 800; and II It cannot be ohtain-s 4
ed for that price, that proper condemna-{
tion proceedings be instituted in the case. \
Mr.. Naylor, speaking In favor OF the re-! !!
port, said that the property on which the
present brick building stands was in size
11l1l30 feet. Two or three years ago
what was known as the Shepherd prop-s /
erty, in Bze G01l30 feet, was purchased.
making the total property 171Il3O feet In \
sizs. The property adjoining this l711I30S
feet, that It is proposed to pu, ,chase and !
condemn lis l2Or13Ofeet, which would make
tho fnt prnpnrtu Gal 1Qn fact Tfbo
ent building Was erected in 1867: what
the attendance WAS then cannot be learn..
ed, butin 1875 1t was 24s, and the build
ing was then fairly we'll occupied. Tho
attendance is now 5S4 and increasing.
This year about hfty new houses were !,
built on the Island, and with the addi-
tional building that will p~Jha''y follow
the sale Of the old fair Rroug and the
probability that Mr.. Henr l bach
will cut his property on tlo Ag.lA I'd of
the ls!and into twenty or NOR building
lots, will load to still more building. This
lncreaae of houses means an increased /
school attendance, and the time has come
when the Island school accommodation I
must be increased. ss55= "a! .iI...ss..i,Ss
The acquisition Of tho Shepherd pro.f
perty and an addition that was built to II /
this year at cost Of. $500, only sufiicsd to
relieve the demand for more room, tenn.
porarily ;,the FIVE rooms contained in them
are crowded and they are not fit for school
rooms, being little more than s.foot high
boxes. In case these frame structurea
should be pulled down and three story Z
brick building erected, no room would be !
left for play grounds. Mr.. Whally also 1
spoke on the question and went over the 4
points mentioned by Mr.. Naylor, and !;
made 1t plain that 1t was not only deslra.B
BILE to secure the property in question:
but that the time Is not far distant when i
new cchool building will have to be erect
ed on the Island. h .ss 5551S,5s)
Col. Miller and Mr.. Hannah deprecated
the threatened expense and asked itit
could not be avarted at leaat for time
until tho Board was not quite 80 much in 4
debt ss now. There was some further
talk over the matter and then the recom-;s
mendations Of the committee were {
adopted. .l2.5 Z, ~ x 5fg55
On recommendation Of the committee